Liverpool get clear Bradley Barcola transfer boost as PSG turn attention to Ajax star

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SportFootballLiverpool FC transfer newsBradley Barcola is still being heavily linked with a move to Liverpool, but it now appears the Reds have received a huge transfer boostLiverpool have received a huge transfer boost in their quest to sign Bradley Barcola. Paris Saint-Germain appear to be plotting a transfer replacement for the forward, which suggests they are planning for life after the France star.The Reds are eying a potential Premier League transfer record move for the Frenchman.

Barcola, 23, has already signalled his desire to search for pastures new this season after winning back-to-back Champions League titles in Paris.PSG boss Luis Enrique is also understood to be willing to allow him to depart this summer as well. All the latest news and analysis from Anfield on the Liverpool Echo's dedicated LFC Facebook pageBy the time Liverpool meet this figure, if they decide to do so, PSG may have a replacement already in the building.

The figure which has been banded around is £145m, which would comfortably surpass the £125m the Reds forked out last year for Alexander Isak.It would be a Premier League transfer record and the third-most expensive transfer in football history, with only Neymar and Kylian Mbappe's move to PSG ahead of it in the pecking order. Iraola's first Premier League campaign as Reds manager will then get underway with an away clash against Newcastle United on August 23.Thousands of Liverpool fans upgraded their matchday last season.